Founding Streets open in Cammeray 2062
Sandstone cleaning for the Federation homes perched above Tunks Park. We lift the lichen and salt with low pressure and the right chemistry, so hundred-year-old block keeps its face.
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Sandstone cleaning in Cammeray is mostly about which way the block faces. The Federation semis and freestanding brick homes here sit high above Tunks Park, and anything turned toward the gully wears the damp all day. Lichen roots into the stone. Salt blooms through it. The green creep spreads across steps, retaining walls and garden edging that have held their line for a century.
None of that comes off with a hire-shop pressure gun, and a pressure gun is exactly what scars soft old block for good. We soft wash instead: low pressure, the chemistry to kill the lichen at the root, and time on the stone rather than force. The salt haze clears, the green dies back, and the tooling marks a mason left on the ashlar decades ago stay exactly where they were. Every finished face is photographed against the checklist before we leave.
Put your address into the instant quote. A firm, bookable price comes back in about 60 seconds, and it holds unless your place is materially different to what you told us.
Every block gets read before it gets touched. Here is the finish it is done to, surface by surface.
Soft washed at low pressure. Black lichen and salt lifted, the natural honey colour back, no blast scarring.
Treated at the root and drawn out over days, not scrubbed off the top. It does not grow straight back.
The white efflorescence eased off the face and the stone left open to breathe, never sealed shut over damp.
Worked gently around, old lime pointing left intact. Loose or failing joints flagged in the condition report, not force washed.
Trafficked sandstone cleaned back to grip and colour, edges and nosings done by hand where the machine cannot reach.
Copings, balusters and any carved faces cleaned by hand at close range so the crisp lines stay crisp.
A breathable seal only, applied once the stone is fully dry. It sheds salt and water and still lets the block breathe.
Job-close photos against the checklist. Anything past maintenance is named, marked, and referred to a specialist partner.
Meet Jake. He runs Schmick jobs in Cammeray, and the same person comes back each visit — no rotating crew, no call-centre between you and the work.
Booking a one-off? A couple of cleans a year adds up. The Schmick Plan folds the whole exterior into one monthly price and keeps it handled, so you never think about it again.
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“Couldn’t fault them”
Had the windows and the driveway done. Turned up right on 8, finished before lunch, and the driveway honestly looks brand new. Same guy came back for the gutters last month and remembered our dog’s name. Couldn’t fault them.
“Should’ve done it years ago”
They sent me photos of what came out of our gutters. Revolting. Glad it’s gone. Lovely guys too.
“Came out after the storm”
We’re on their monthly plan. After that big blow in June they were out two days later and sorted everything without us having to chase. Worth it for that alone.
“Honest, which is rare”
Our sandstone wall had gone black and I’d assumed it was ruined. It’s come up beautifully. There was one damp patch he said needed a stone specialist rather than pretending he could fix it, which I appreciated. On time, tidy, very fair on price.
“Neighbours all asked who did it”
Windows are unreal. Two of the neighbours came over to ask who did them before the van had even left the street. Booking was easy and they text you when they’re on the way.
“10/10”
Got the whole outside done before we hosted Christmas. Mum asked if we’d had the place repainted. Showed up when they said, price was exactly what they quoted.
Yes. We work the streets above Tunks Park regularly, Amherst St included, and the gully-facing homes here are exactly the ones this service was built for. Steps, retaining walls and garden edging are all included.
Put your address into the instant quote and a firm, bookable price comes back in about 60 seconds. Nobody comes out to look first, and the price holds unless the site is materially different to what you told us.
It faces the gully. Anything turned toward Tunks Park sits damp and shaded for most of the day, and damp shaded stone grows lichen and green creep faster than it can dry. A soft wash kills it at the root, and most owners book a return every couple of years before it takes hold again.
One crew, one visit. Book a single job or hand us the whole exterior.
Inside and out, tracks and screens. The squeegee line you can see from the street.
Render, brick and weatherboard brought back without blasting a thing. Ten years of grey, gone by lunch.
Cleared, flushed and photographed. The before you never wanted to see, and the after you will.
Pressure cleaned back to the day they were poured. Sealing available.
A film of grime is a tax on every panel. We take it off, quarterly, and your yield thanks you.
Moss, lichen and mould lifted off tiles and Colorbond. Soft washed, never blasted.
Timber, Colorbond and rendered fences washed back. The street side done first.
Tell us the address and what the street sees. The same person who would do the job gets back to you, not a call-centre.